APPLE GARDENS HOME

1611 APPLE DRIVE, Concord CA 94518

Facility 075601355 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

6 bedsLatest official report Aug 7, 2025Licensed

Additional info

Telephone: (925) 676-9627
Licensee: PAPA, NOEL O. & MARABLE, ANGELITO
Administrator: MARABLE, ANGELITO I.
Contact: MARABLE, ANGELITO I.
License first date: Sep 18, 2007
License effective date: Sep 18, 2007
District office: OAKLAND ASC · (510) 286-4201
Regional office: 15
Clients served: 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

The available records show 7 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection: Aug 7, 2025
Most recent deficiency: Aug 7, 2025

No later report is available, so the records do not show what happened afterward.

What Type A and Type B mean

Type A: Violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Type B: Violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.

Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.

At a glance

Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 391 Contra Costa County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.

In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 5 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 7 Type A and 3 Type B deficiencies.

1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.

Official inspections: 5
Recorded deficiencies: 10
Type A deficiencies: 7
Type B deficiencies: 3
Substantiated complaints: 0
Repeated topics: 0

No inspection in the last 12 months, so a zero above means no record rather than a clean visit.

Repeated topics

Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.

No topic repeats in the last 36 months

No deficiency topic appears in more than one report during that window. This does not establish that nothing repeated earlier in the five-year record, and it is not a statement about current conditions.

Official report history

All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.

Aug 7, 2025Inspection

Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87412(a)(13)(B)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) The licensee shall ensure that personnel records are maintained on the licensee, administrator and each employee. Each personnel record shall contain the following information: (13) For employees that are required to be fingerprinted pursuant to Section 87355, Criminal Record Clearance: (B) Documentation of either a criminal record clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by Section 87355(e). 1. For Certified Administrators, a copy their current and valid Administrative Certification meets this requirement. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having a current administrator certificate which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/21/2025 Plan of Correction By POC date the licensee will have the administrator certificate classes scheduled. Proof of correction will be sent to CCLD by POC date. Additionally the licensee agrees to send proof of renewed certificate once obtained.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Jul 17, 2024Inspection

No deficiencies recorded in this report

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Aug 16, 2023Inspection

Licensing and administrationType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 1569.605
Regulation authority: HSC

What the official deficiency says

On and after July 1, 2015, all residential care facilities for the elderly, except those facilities that are an integral part of a continuing care retirement community, shall maintain liability insurance covering injury to residents and guests in the amount of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the total annual aggregate, caused by the negligent acts or omissions to act of, or neglect by, the licensee or its employees. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having their current copy of the liability insurence at the facility, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/23/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to send in a copy of the liability insurence to CCLD. Proof of correction will be sent in to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Facility condition and maintenanceType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 87307(d)(6)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(6) All outdoor and indoor passageways and stairways shall be kept free of obstruction. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a recliner chair blocking the backyard passageway which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/23/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to remove the chair from blocking the outside passageway and dispose of it. Proof of correction will be sent in to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Hazardous items and storageType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 87309(a)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(a) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to clients shall be stored where inaccessible to clients. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having the laundry soap unlocked in the laundry room which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/23/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to lock the cabinet the laundry soap is in and lock the laundry room door. Proof of correction will be sent to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Licensing and administrationType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 1569.618(c)
Regulation authority: HSC

What the official deficiency says

(c) The facility shall employ, and the administrator shall schedule, a sufficient number of staff members to do all of the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interviews, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having only two staff members which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/23/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to hire more staff for the facility, and send in an updated LIC 500. Proof of correction will be sent in to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Medication handling and storageType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 87465(h)(2)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (2) Centrally stored medicines shall be kept in a safe and locked place that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for the supervision of the centrally stored medication. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having all three medication drawers unlocked which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/18/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to lock up the medications and to review the regulations regarding medication storage. Proof of correction will be sent in to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Health conditions and treatmentsType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 87608(a)(5)(A)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(A) A bed rail that extends from the head half the length of the bed and used only for assistance with mobility shall be allowed. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having bed rails on two residents beds without doctors orders, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/23/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to remove the bed rails from the beds and will obtaine the doctors orders for the residents files before they are put back on. Proof of correction will be sent in to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Health conditions and treatmentsType A

Official classification: Type A
Official code: 87618(b)(3)(B)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(3) Ensuring that the use of oxygen equipment meets the following requirements: (B) “No Smoking-Oxygen in Use” signs shall be posted in the appropriate areas. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having a resident with a perscription of Oxygen not having a sign posted saying “No Smoking-Oxygen in Use” which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 08/25/2023 Plan of Correction The facility agrees to post a sign say “No Smoking-Oxygen in Use” on the door of the residents room. Proof of correction will be sent in to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Sep 29, 2022Inspection

Food serviceType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87555(b)(26)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (26) Supplies of nonperishable foods for a minimum of one week and perishable foods for a minimum of two days shall be maintained on the premises. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above because they do not have a enough food at the facility for a one week of nonperishable and two day perishable supply, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/13/2022 Plan of Correction The facility will purchase additional food and send proof of correction to CCLD by POC date.

Plan of correction recorded

Correction not verified in available records

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Oct 21, 2021Inspection

Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B

Official classification: Type B
Official code: 87411(g)(2)
Regulation authority: CCR

What the official deficiency says

87411 Personal records (g) Prior to employment or initial presence in the facility, all employees and volunteers subject to a criminal record review shall: (2) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 87355(c) or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in having S2 associated to the facility which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 10/28/2021 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to associate S2 and submit a copy of the criminal record clearance to CCLD by POC date. Deficiency cleared during visit.

Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated Oct 21, 2021

Plan of correction recorded

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Source and limits

California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. Public facility history is described by the source as a five-year window. Older records and previous-licensee history may require a regional-office request. Type 741 RCFE-CCRCs, nursing homes, and other care settings are excluded from this page.

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